This website supports the creation of online digital
scrapbooks with pictures
and associated stories about people, places, and things.
Users can login and create public, private, or shared scrapbooks.
Public scrapbooks can be viewed by everyone including other users and
guests. Private scrapbooks can only be viewed by the user who
created the while they are logged in. Shared
scrapbooks can be viewed and updated by anyone who is logged in. The pictures
in each scrapbook are organized by user defined categories,, and can be
sorted by date, title, or last update. To view a scrapbook, select one of the
shared or public scrapbooks listed or login to select one of your own private scrapbooks. The default when opening a new scrapbook is all
time periods, all categories, and 2 small pictures per row with 4
lines of scrollable text. If there
are more pictures than the current page limit, click the next button
to see next group of pictures. Changes to the default settings
are saved via cookies. When more than 1 picture is displayed
per row, the title of any picture can be clicked to view the single
picture and full text. Then clicking on home button will return
to previous multiple picture display.

Once an author has logged in, they can
add, change, or delete their scrapbooks and pictures. The author of a
scrapbook can change its name and type at any time via the update
scrapbook button visible when author is logged in. The author
can also add, change, or delete pictures and stories by clicking on
the update button shown at bottom of text associated with each picture
while logged in as owner of the current scrapbook.

The
software supporting this website is open source under General
Public License. Anyone can download the source code and
implement it on their own website if they want to manage their own
online digital scrapbook website. All that is required is
a domain name and a hosting service provider supporting PHP and MySQL.
The annual cost for a domain and website hosting service is estimated to be
less than $200 per year. See Help references for more information.

All authors must comply with the
Terms of Service
which includes complying with
Facebook Terms of Service
(no hate
posts, no pornography, etc.).
During initial early adapter period, interested scrapbook authors are
welcome to login to website and also join the Scrapbook Chronicles About Life Facebook user group to add to
shared scrapbooks and create their own scrapbooks. Note any
scrapbook can be saved as a PDF with all pictures and full text.
See example links in references.